Cruel Jaws

Cruel Jaws, also known as The Beast, is a 1995 direct-to-video Italian thriller film shot in Florida including the Theater of the Sea.[1] The film stars Richard Dew and David Luther and was directed by Bruno Mattei (under the name of William Snyder). It was released on VHS and DVD in relative obscurity, mostly outside of the United States. While marketed in many areas as Jaws 5: Cruel Jaws, it is actually not part of the Jaws franchise.[2]

Cruel Jaws
Directed byBruno Mattei
Story byRobert Feen
Bruno Mattei
Linda Morrison
StarringDavid Luther
George Barnes, Jr.
Scott Silveria
Kristen Urso
Richard Dew
Sky Palma
Music byMichael Morahan
CinematographyLuigi Ciccarese
Ben Jackson
Distributed byVPS Video
Beam Entertainment
Teliwa
DMEG
Release date
  • September 26, 1995 (1995-09-26)
Running time
93 minutes (USA)
96 minutes (Japan)
LanguageEnglish

Plot

The coastal town of Hampton Bay is threatened when a 25-foot great white shark starts chomping up their vacationers. Days before the annual Regatta celebration, the townspeople are faced with financial ruin if something is not done about their new-found shark problem. If that was not enough, the owners of the local amusement park have been subject to a hostile takeover from a prospective businessman looking to cash in on their prized property. It is then up to the sheriff, the park's owner, and a shark expert to head out and kill the shark before the summer economy is slashed and the park is demolished.

Production

The film utilizes footage from the Jaws film series, as well as the Italian films Deep Blood and Great White.[2]

Cast
  • Richard Dew as Dag Soerensen
  • David Luther as Francis Berger
  • George Barnes, Jr. as Samuel Lewis
  • Scott Silveria as Bob Soerensen
  • Kristen Urso as Susy Soerensen
  • Sky Palma as Glenda
  • Norma J. Nesheim as Vanessa
  • Gregg Hood as Bill Morrison
  • Carter Collins as Ronnie Lewis
  • Natasha Etzer as Gloria Lewis
  • Larry Zience as Larry
  • Jay Colligan as Tommy

Home media

The film was released on DVD in Europe in 2009.[3] A Blu-ray release from Scream Factory was planned (packaged as a double feature with Exterminators of the Year 3000), but ultimately cancelled due to the film's unauthorized use of footage from the Jaws franchise and other shark movies.[4]

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See also
  • List of killer shark films

References
  1. "An interview with Jay Colligan, star of Cruel Jaws". Mondo Exploito. 2015-05-15. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
  2. Begg, Ken (2012-08-27). "Cruel Jaws (1995)". Jabootu's Bad Movie Dimension. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  3. "Fauci crudeli - Cruel jaws: Amazon.it: David Luther, Scott Silveria, Kirsten Urso, George Barnes Jr., Richard Dew, Sky Palma, Norma J. Nesheim, Bruno Mattei: Film e TV". Amazon.it. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
  4. Gerald Wurm. "Cruel Jaws - Blu-ray Release Cancelled - Legal Problems Hinder Scream Factory's Plans". Movie-Censorship.com. Retrieved 2017-06-07.

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